User manual GIGABYTE GV-N470SO-13I

[. . . ] GV-N470SO-13I NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 470 Graphics Accelerator TM User's Manual Rev. 101 12MM-N470SO-101R Copyright © 2010 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the properties of their respective owners. [. . . ] Driver Installation After installing the operating system, insert the driver disk into your optical drive. The driver Autorun screen is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the setup. exe program. ) Step 1: Click the Install Display Driver item. Step 2: Click the Next button. For software MPEG support in Windows XP, you must install DirectX first. Users who run Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or above do not need to install DirectX separately. -9Software Installation Step 3: Click the Yes button. The system is installing the components. Step 4: Click the Finish button to restart the computer. Then the driver installation is completed. GV-N400 Series Graphics Accelerator - 10 - GIGABYTE OC Guru The GIGABYTE OC Guru provides 3 default profiles: Gaming Mode, standard Mode, Power Saving Mode, and two user profiles that configure basic clock, voltage, current, fan speed and gamer OSD settings. Gaming Mode: Extreme 3D gaming performance for enthusiastic users Default Mode: Original setting Power Saving Mode: The best 2D and 3D power saving setting to reduce unnecessary power consumption User Defined Mode: Manually adjusting to meet users' demand Information:The information panel allows users to monitor their graphics cards. Such as: GPU Temperature, GPU usage, Power phase, current and power saving. Calculate power savings (based on time) GIGABYTE own design board with Ultra Durable VGA materials. Current GPU Power Consumption Reference board Product information VGA Power Phase Status GPU Temperature GPU Usage GIGABYTE recommends Gaming Setting Default Setting GIGABYTE recommends Power Saving Setting User allows configuring the settings Move the sliders to adjust Move the sliders to adjust GPU/Memory voltage Move the sliders to adjust Fan Speed Fan Speed AUTO Mode: Default settings Move the sliders to adjust gamma value Move the sliders to adjust contrast value Move the sliders to adjust bright value Click to Select Screen Shot File Path Click to key in the hot key setting Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may result in damage to your system and reduce the useful life of the system components. - 11 Software Installation 1 1 3 4 5 2 13 6 8 7 9 14 10 11 12 15 NO. Button 1 Alarm 2 Reset 3 Mode Function Temperature warning alarm On/Off Switch (Default On) Meter/Timer Reset Switch Meter mode:GIGABYTE OC Guru shows how much power saved in a set period of time. Total mode: In Total Mode, users are able to see how much total power savings they have accumulated in a set period of time since activating OC Guru for the first time. 4 Adjustment Click the arrow to adjust the default setting 5 2D / 3D 2D / 3D Switch 6 Manual Move the sliders to adjust GPU / Memory voltage 7 AUTO Default GPU / Memory voltage Settings 8 Green mode Power Saving mode 9 OC mode Overclocking mode 10 Default Click to back the default settings 11 Apply Click to apply settings 12 Save Click to save settings 13 Gamer OSD Click the arrow Gamer OSD to adjust OSD Settings 14 Default Click to back the default settings 15 Apply Click to apply settings GV-N400 Series Graphics Accelerator - 12 - 3. 2. Display Properties Pages Display Settings (Resolutions and Color Quality for Windows) To access Display Settings page, right-click on desktop and select Personalize, then the Personalization windows will show up. Select Display Settings to adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings. You can move the slider to change the resolution. You can click the item to change the color quality. Click the Advanced button for advanced settings. - 13 - Software Installation 3. 3. Accessing NVIDIA Control Panel After installation of the display driver, right-click on the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. The NVIDIA Control Panel is used to configure all your graphics card settings. Right-click on the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. Or you can right-click on the desktop and select Personalize, and then the Control Panel\Appearance Personalization\Personalization window will show up. Tasks in the Display pages allow you to do the following: · Move CRT screen position · Change resolution · Adjust desktop color settings · Rotate display · Manage custom resolutions (Note) · Set up multiple displays Change Resolution Using the Change Resolution controls, you can change the color setting, reduce screen flickering, or adjust the amount of information appearing on your display. - 17 - Software Installation Adjust Desktop Color Settings Use this page to set the contrast, sharpness, and color depth (Digital Vibrance) of the images on your desktop. These changes will not affect any video playback. To change video color settings, go to Adjust Video Color Settings under the Video and TV section from the Start page. Adjust Desktop Color Settings You can adjust desktop color settings for your displays or enhance picture quality if you are using televisions. Rotate Display The NVIDIA Rotate features enable you to change the orientation of your desktop to portrait, landscape, and inverted modes. This is useful if you have rotated your physical display and need to rotate the desktop to match the orientation of your display. (Note) This item is present only in Advanced view mode. [. . . ] Extract the downloaded Zip file to your hard disk(s) or floppy disk. (You may need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS-DOS mode. ) 3. To back up the current BIOS, at the A:\> prompt, type[BIOS flash utility name] - s [ B I O S f i l e n a m e ] (example: gvf19 -s n470SO13I. F1) and press Enter. To flash BIOS, at the A:\> prompt, type[ B I O S f l a s h u t i l i t y n a m e ] - p [ B I O S f i l e n a m e ] (example: gvf19 -p n470SO13I. F2) and press Enter. [. . . ]